History Arrow / TropesEToG

* GriefInducedSplit: Flashbacks in the third season reveal that Maseo and Tatsu Yamashiro lost their son, Akio, to the plague attack on Hong Kong and divorced soon after.

** Tommy and Malcolm Merlyn for [[Franchise/SpiderMan Harry and Norman Osborn]], a billionaire family who is friends with the hero. Malcolm's ploy to destroy the Glades is similar to Ra's Al Ghul's plan in ''Film/BatmanBegins''. Tommy was set up to go the way of Harry, with the LoveTriangle involving MJ/Laurel eventually going Peter/Oliver's way (which would also fulfill his comics destiny: in the comics, longtime villain Merlyn was revealed to have the first name Tommy not long before the series began) but in the end he stays a decent civilian.

* TheEvilGenius: The Clock King. An efficient and precise criminal mastermind who uses his knowledge of computer science and viruses to give the Arrow Family a run for their money, and is also a very well-read and charismatic individual.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* GuestFighter: Thanks to the breakout popularity of the show, a DLC skin with the likeness and voice of Stephen Amell was added to ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'', and the principal cast of heroes and villains also were added as DLC to ''[[VideoGame/LegoAdaptationGame LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham]]'', with an exclusive island level to boot.

* GratuitousEnglish: Rare Western version. The SuperSerum from season 2 is called "Mirakuru," Japanese {{Engrish}} for "Miracle." Japanese has its own words that mean similar things, but it's not uncommon for them to use loanwords instead.

* {{Engrish}}: Mirakuru is not Japanese for "Miracle." The Japanese ''letters'' used for the English word are pronounced "mirakuru," making it ''literally'' Engrish for "Miracle." As in, [[StealthPun it's a miracle drug]]. Whenever you hear "[English word], or as they say in Japanese, [same damn English word with a couple extra vowels]" in ''any'' show, it's pretty much the same case. Japanese ''does'' have an ''actual'' word for "miracle," of course, but "kiseki" has the disadvantage of ''not'' [[MythologyGag sounding like the miracle drug that created Hourman]]: "Miraclo." (Not that the name itself is unreasonable: it'd be kind of weird for a Japanese speaker to name it ''simply'' their word for miracle; naming it the English word for miracle, which would have the katakana spelling "mirakuru," is quite plausible. Really, the only problem is saying that "mirakuru" is the Japanese ''word'' for "miracle" instead of the Japanese ''spelling'' of the English word.)

* FamousLastWords: "We cool?" To Prometheus, when he thinks telling Mr. P the Green Arrow's identity will spare him. It doesn't.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** Oliver has both of his middle fingers extended when getting his mug shot taken in "Damaged".
*** In the same episode, Oliver suggests that the invitations to his prison-themed party say "Come...before Oliver Queen gets off."
** In "Time of Death", Laurel wears a ring with the word "Fuck" on it.
** Many of Felicity's comments [[ParodiedTrope toy with this]].

*** Throughout the first half of Season Two, references are made to a particle accelerator due to be turned on in Central City OnceAnEpisode. This comes to a head in "Three Ghosts" when it's finally turned on and [[spoiler:leads to Barry Allen becoming Franchise/TheFlash]].

** In Season 2, [[spoiler:Laurel joins Team Arrow during the first part of the three-part SeasonFinale, but she will only be an active member of TheTeam halfway through the next season]].
** In Season 3, [[spoiler:Thea is an inversion of Laurel's case. She becomes an ally of Team Arrow halfway through the season, but only becomes an official member during the SeasonFinale]].
** Subverted by [[spoiler:Tatsu Yamashiro]] in Season 3, who joins the assault on Nanda Parbat at the penultimate episode, but leaves before the FinalBattle. Same goes for Barry Allen/The Flash, who [[spoiler:helps the captive Team Arrow at the start of the SeasonFinale but also never joins the FinalBattle (though given the threat, his pressence would have left everyone else redundant)]].

** In the Season 3 episode "Uprising" [[spoiler:Oliver asks Malcolm Merlyn to train him to defeat Ra's al Ghul]].
* EngineeredPublicConfession: Arrow gets [[spoiler:Somer]] to confess to murder, then hands the recording of it over to Detective Lance.

** Malcolm Merlyn is an amoral businessman and a BigBad, but in his own twisted way he seems to genuinely love his son, and definitely his wife. [[spoiler:He is also incredibly caring towards Thea, who is actually his daughter]].

** Deathstroke has a son, Joe, who he cared a lot about prior to going off the deep end thanks to Mirikuru. He also deeply loved Shado, and appears to care a great deal about [[TheDragon Ravager]]/[[spoiler:Isabel Rochev]].

** Ra's Al Ghul leads the League of Assassins and is TheDreaded to all who know of him, but even he was disgusted with The Undertaking [[spoiler:and now wants to kill Malcolm personally]]. A similar thing happens with Slade's war against Starling City, although they didn't step in [[spoiler:until Sara negotiates a deal to come back to the League in exchange for help]].

** In "The Return", even Slade Wilson, a ruthless terrorist and mercenary who among other things [[spoiler:murdered Moira Queen in cold blood]], is visibly shocked by [[spoiler:Malcolm Merlyn's manipulation of his own daughter]].

** Felicity is able to access absurd amounts of information in short order with little visible effort. Even before she came along, Oliver was routinely gaining access to secure systems and records. Both cases are at least justified later when we learn that [[spoiler:Felicity once created a computer virus that can bypass any firewall once infected, implying she's used something similar for all the times she's instantly gotten through security measures, while Oliver spent time being used by ARGUS, implying he got at least some computer training with them]].
** Subverted with "Blind Spot", where old records that are not included on any database have to be retrieved by hand, and her attempts to scramble the security footage are [[spoiler:thwarted by the tech-savvy security guards]].

** The Dark Archer/[[spoiler:Malcolm Merlyn]], being a rich one percenter who left the city some time ago, returned with the skills to fight, and is determined to clean the city. However, his idea is to separate the city between the rich and poor, then destroy the latter, using a complex conspiracy and his own archery skills. As such, he is motivated by disgust and hatred rather than justice.

** The role is later filled by The Calculator, aka [[spoiler:Felicity's dad]].

** [[spoiler:Subverted with Yao Fei]] in the flashbacks. [[spoiler:He only allies with Fyers in order to save his daughter's and Oliver's lives]].

** As of the middle of season two, [[spoiler:Slade himself is this to Oliver]].

** Seemingly, [[spoiler:Maseo]] in Season 3, who in the present-day, [[spoiler:is a member of the League of Assassins]]. Averted somewhat in that [[spoiler:while loyal to the League, he helps save Oliver owing to their past friendship]], and while he does do some horrible things for [[spoiler:the League]], he seems to be doing so under the belief that Oliver [[spoiler:becoming the new Ra's Al Ghul]] would be a good thing.

* EvilParentsWantGoodKids: Robert Queen wanted his son to clean up his mistakes. [[spoiler:Moira Queen]] is somewhat the same. Subverted with Malcolm, who dismisses Tommy after his death for being weak and encourages/manipulates [[spoiler:Thea]] to darken her soul.

** In "Keep Your Enemies Closer," Deadshot reveals to Diggle that [[spoiler:Diggle's brother Andy wasn't collateral damage from a missed sniper shot, as Diggle believed, but the intended target]].

* ExpansionPackPast: Oliver doesn't like talking about what happened in the five years he was on the island, and the flashbacks show why. For starters, he was far from alone and had to deal with mercenaries and amoral scientists. To continue, [[spoiler:he wasn't on the island the whole time]].

* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: [[spoiler:Thea]] sports an ear-length bob cut in Season 3 to reflect her newfound toughness and assassin training.

* ExtremelyShortTimeSpan: The final three episodes of Season 2, "City of Blood", "Streets of Fire", and "Unthinkable", take place over the course of about 18 hours. "City of Blood" begins with [[spoiler:Moira's funeral]] and ends at night, with "Streets of Fire" picking up right afterwards with "Unthinkable" finishing the story and ending at dawn.

** [[spoiler:Deadshot gets an arrow through the eye, seemingly killing him]]. in episode 3. [[spoiler:However, he returns, now blind in that eye]], in "Dead to Rights".
** [[spoiler:Slade kills Wintergreen/Deathstroke by stabbing him in the [[MythologyGag right eye]]]] in "The Odyssey."

** [[spoiler:Slade]] lost his right eye back on the island, when Oliver stabbed him with an arrow.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Slade betrayed Oliver sometime on the island, eventually becoming the BigBad in the present in Season Two]].
* TheFaceless: Fyers’s mysterious employer. [[spoiler:She]] is seen from behind and the audience only ever sees [[spoiler:her legs]].
* FacelessGoons: Edward Fyers' mercenary mooks all wear balaclavas ''all'' the time. [[spoiler:Fyers can still see straight through Oliver's attempt to [[DressingAsTheEnemy disguise himself as a mook]]]].
* FailedASpotCheck: So a random criminal just turns himself into the police... and no-one bothers to ''frisk'' him? He had [[spoiler:a large, bulky Deathstroke mask in his back pocket (or thereabouts)!]]

* FamousLastWords: "We cool?" [[spoiler:To Prometheus, when he thinks telling Mr. P the Green Arrow's identity will spare him. It doesn't.]]

* FanPreferredCouple: Oliver/Felicity is the fan favorite romantic relationship of Arrow, winning the award of "Ship of the Year" for two consecutive years; beating ships with a wide fandom like Stucky.

** The episode "The Undertaking" didn't use the island at all but did focus on events surrounding [[spoiler:the sinking of the Queen's Gambit and Moira's involvement with Tempest]].

** And in Season 3, these flashbacks focus on his [[spoiler:hitherto undisclosed training with A.R.G.U.S. in Hong Kong]].

* FlashbackWithTheOtherDarrin: In Season Two, [[spoiler:Sara Lance resurfaces with Caity Lotz replacing Jacqueline [=MacInnes=] Wood in the flashback set aboard the Gambit]].

** Oliver and Sara Lance. Both went missing, presumed dead, when the Queen's Gambit went down. Both spent some time on Lian Yu. Both spent years away from everything they knew, enduring harsh circumstances and being transformed into BadassNormal killing machines. But while Oliver embarked on a crusade to right his father's wrongs, Sara became an assassin. Oliver eventually worked hard to avoid being a killer and eventually succeeded in becoming a 'hero' in the classic sense; Sara tried, but ultimately ended up [[spoiler:returning to the League of Assassins]]. Also, during his years away, Oliver wanted nothing more than to return home to his family someday, while Sara didn't want to meet her family again because she didn't want them to see the killer she had become.

*** Season 2 in particular, since the island story and the present-day story are closely intertwined. For instance, after "Crucible", we know that no matter what happens in the flashbacks [[spoiler:in the end, Oliver will see Sara 'die' again]]. Following "Three Ghosts", we know that [[spoiler:Slade will eventually turn on Oliver and Oliver will be forced to kill him by stabbing him with an arrow in the eye]].
*** Season 3 as well. As off "The Climb", we know that [[spoiler:something horrible happens in the Hong Kong flashbacks which leads to Maseo joining the League of Assassins]].
** The show also subverts it by using any comics knowledge you have against you (warning: incoming major spoilers, but almost all Season One):
*** Thea Queen's nickname is Speedy and we find out eventually that her middle name is Dearden. She's gonna be another archer! [[spoiler:At first subverted when Roy Harper comes onto the scene, but then double-subverted come Season 4. Folks, meet Speedy. Roy takes the name Arsenal.]]
*** One of the first things we see on the island is a TwoFaced, one-eyed mask. OhCrap, Slade is in the house! [[spoiler:Yes, he is, but he's a decent guy. Deathstroke is actually a much younger Wintergreen. At least until "Three Ghosts," where we learn Slade's the BigBad of Season Two]].
*** Merlyn is one of the Green Arrow's oldest foes, and in the comics, he recently got a first name: Thomas. Sorry to break it to you, Oliver, but your best friend Tommy Merlyn isn't all he seems. Sure enough, enter the mysterious Dark Archer. Three guesses as to who's under his hood. [[spoiler:You'll need 'em, 'cause it's subverted quite well. Tommy's innocent. His father ''Malcolm'' Merlyn, on the other hand, not so much. But Tommy is put through events that would ''make'' for a good StartOfDarkness and then finds out what Daddy's up to. Enter a Dark Archer Junior who will be the recurring Merlyn we know from comics? ''No.'' He is thoroughly horrified and disgusted when he learns what the Undertaking really is.]]
*** Laurel Lance's full name: Dinah Laurel Lance. Just in case you missed ''that'', her firm is named the City Necessary Resources Initiative (CNRI). Naturally, the [[NotUsingTheZWord we-won't-call-her-]]ComicBook/BlackCanary in Season Two is her, right? [[spoiler:Wrong. It's her "dead" sister, Sara]].
** [[spoiler:Sara states the last time she saw Oliver's hood was on Shado and asked if he knew how Slade was doing, this happening before we see Slade reappear and Shado killed while she is still with them, making it obvious that they survive]].
** The trailer for ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' that debuted shortly after the season 3 finale spoiled a number of plot points about the fates of certain characters in season 4, including [[spoiler:Ray Palmer having survived the explosion by shrinking, and Sara Lance being revived by the Lazarus Pit and becoming the White Canary]]. Thus, the first half of season 4 is exploring ''how'' these characters get to their already-known fates.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: As off "Midnight City," appears to be the case with [[spoiler:Oliver and China White. The two first encountered each other in Hong Kong, roughly two and a half years before they first met on-screen in the Season 1 episode "Honor Thy Father". Neither showed any signs of recognizing the other in that early episode]].

*** If you look closely at the outfit Oliver was wearing when he was rescued in the series premiere, they're military fatigues (sans the greed hood). [[spoiler:The Season 4 flashbacks finally show how and where he got them]].
*** Numerous ones to Slade's eventual assumption of the Deathstroke persona during the flashbacks; most notably, when Slade is injured by an explosion, the black healing ointments and bandages on the right side of his face makes it resemble the mask, and foreshadows [[spoiler:the eventual loss of his eye]]. In the opening scenes of Seasons One and Two, Comicbook/{{Deathstroke}}'s mask, with an arrow through the right eye, is seen hanging on a stick on the beach of Lian Yu.

*** In the episode "Lone Gunman." a drunken Thea Queen furiously lashed out at Ollie for being "barely" her brother. [[spoiler:Turns out she's only his half-sister]].
*** One of Thea's major StoryArc in Season 1 has her being mad at Moira for allegedly having an affair with Malcolm Merlyn. [[spoiler:Well, they ''had'' an affair, but there was a product. Guess who?]]
*** In the episode "Legacies," Tommy Merlyn rebuffs a drunken Thea Queen's advances due to his feelings for Laurel Lance and remarks that she is like his baby sister due to being close friends with Oliver since childhood. [[spoiler:This foreshadows the revelation of Moira's affair with Malcolm and Thea being Tommy's half-sister in Season 2]].

*** In a few early episodes it is shown that Laurel is actually a [[BadassNormal half-decent fighter]]. [[spoiler:This ultimately comes into play in season 3 when she trains to become the Black Canary]].

*** In "League of Assassins" Al-Owal is sent to retrieve [[spoiler:Sara]] saying "the child of Ra's Al-Ghul awaits your return." He later even refers to [[spoiler:Sara as "The Beloved"]]. [[spoiler:Both of which are references to Nyssa and her relationship with Sara]].
*** In "Keep Your Enemies Closer", Deadshot tells John that he was recruited by an organization called the [[spoiler:Hive]].
*** In "Unthinkable", during the flashback battle between Oliver and Slade on the Amazo, when Oliver watches [[spoiler:Sara 'die' again]], Slade taunts him by saying [[spoiler:"How many times are you going to watch her die?"]]. This can be considered foreshadowing of sorts after watching "The Calm", at the end of which [[spoiler:Sara dies a third time, this time for real]]. Ironically, unlike the last two times, Oliver isn't present to witness it.
*** The SeasonFinale shows Oliver taking charge of the league of Assassins. [[spoiler:The ultimate plot of the following season involves Ra's Al-Ghul forcing Oliver to take his place, which he did (though as a FakeDefector)]].

*** In "Midnight City," Roy confronts Malcolm Merlyn in the loft to tell him that when Thea finds out that he [[spoiler:brainwashed her into killing Sara]], he would lose her forever. And sure enough that is what happens when she finds out about this in the episode, "The Return."
* FormFittingWardrobe: Utilized mostly with the costumes, which are generally custom made for the individual. But a rather notable use of this trope comes when [[spoiler:Thea finally takes up a costume and mask in the third season finale. Her costume fits her perfectly but she adopted the outfit from Roy, who while not much taller than her is certainly much more muscular. It does appear to be modified to better fit her, but it does fall under ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction]]. Although this trope is amusingly subverted when [[spoiler:Felicity puts on the ATOM suit, the helmet in particular doesn't fit her properly as it was designed for the much larger Ray]].

** The fighting members of Team Arrow: Oliver/Green Arrow (choleric), [[spoiler:Laurel]]/Black Canary (melancholic), [[spoiler:Sara Lance]]/White Canary (phlegmatic), [[spoiler:Ray Palmer]]/Captain Atom (sanguine), and [[spoiler:both Roy Harper and Thea]] as Red Arrow (eclectic).
* FrameUp: [[spoiler:Ra's al-Ghul offers Oliver his place as his successor, making a threat-veiled-as-a-prediction that Starling City will turn against him if he refuses. When Oliver does refuse, he sends his men to impersonate the Arrow and start killing people, making good on his threat]].
* FreezeFrameBonus: In a 'blink or you'll miss it sequence', [[spoiler:Cupid]] is seen in several background shots in Season 3's "Guilty", [[spoiler:leading up to her actual appearance right at the end of the episode]]. Also counts as a MeaningfulBackgroundEvent.

** [[spoiler:Rebecca Merlyn's]] death is her husband's StartOfDarkness.
** Similarly, [[spoiler:Shado]]'s death was this for [[spoiler:Slade]].

** After his realization in the first season finale that the Hood's actions outside the law maybe are better for the city, Detective Lance becomes this for Team Arrow (and gets demoted for his trouble). In Season 3, [[spoiler:the now Captain Lance turns on the Arrow again after realising Sara has been dead for 8 months and the Arrow told him nothing]].

* GambitRoulette: In "Damaged" Oliver put up a plan to push away suspicion from himself in case someone would put together the timing of his return home and arrival of the "hood" by [[spoiler:getting himself arrested on "mostly" circumstantial evidence, and forced to wear security anklet, while Diggle posed as vigilante somewhere else. Except that video set up to get him arrested was set before his fight with Deadshot, and he brought Diggle to his hideout and in turn on board, as reaction to him being non-fatally shot by Deadshot. The plan relied on Diggle's reaction to finding out Oliver is the Hood and his agreement to help him with it.]]

** And [[BigBad Malcolm]] [[spoiler:Merlyn, AKA The Dark Archer]], who not only figures out that the vigilante is targeting his secret society faster than Moira did, but figures out which part of the story he plays and goes out to fulfill it as [[KickTheDog much as he can]].
** Helena knew to train herself to catch an arrow just in case Oliver came after her. Subsequently, when Oliver knew he was going to face [[spoiler:the Dark Archer]] again & that he was able to pull the same trick, so brought [[spoiler:explosive arrows]].

** Mr. Robbins, one of the Queen Estate bodyguards, knew that the express letter deliveryman wasn't there to see Laurel in "Home Invasion" when he saw his hands were shaking. This, however, got him killed [[spoiler:by Mister Blank in a literal home invasion]].
** Barry, the CSI from Central City. [[spoiler:His guesses are amazingly close to the truth for all that he's never met the Hood or even knows Felicity is one of his silent partners]].

* GenreShift: With the exception of the EarthquakeMachine towards the end, Season 1 mostly stayed away from science fiction elements. Season 2 introduced [[spoiler:the Mirakuru Serum]]. It was also revealed that the upcoming ''[[Series/TheFlash2014 Flash]]'' series would take place in the same universe. Season 4 introduced magic with the appearance of {{Series/Constantine}} and Damien Darhk.

** In "Tremors", Laurel's alcoholism and drug addiction gets so bad (as a result of being disbarred), that Oliver has no choice but to [[spoiler:call Sara in to help, at risk of attracting the League of Assassins' wrath]].

* GondorCallsForAid: The [=SCPD=] finally agrees to help Oliver thanks to Quentin's insistence to the chief. Oliver and the city thinks that the National Guard was called in by Blood, [[spoiler:only for the latter to find out that the National Guard units on TV were just ARGUS agents with orders to level the city]].

* GreatDetective: Quentin Lance is able to easily tell when a crime they come across is or isn't because of the Hood. He's also canny enough to trick the Hood into meeting Laurel and is the one who has come closest to catching him. Given that the Hood is considered an important case in-universe that he was assigned, it shows he's considered this there, as well. In "League of Assassins," from the fact that [[spoiler:Sara is alive and wants to warn him that his life is in danger]], Quentin deduces that [[spoiler:she sent Felicity first with the same warning, she's been working with the Arrow, she's the mysterious blonde vigilante, and that she's already been in town for weeks]].

** Oliver's attitude towards [[spoiler:Barry Allen's flirtation with Felicity]], on which Diggle calls him out in "Blast Radius".
** Felicity sends some green Oliver's way in response to his time with [[spoiler:Isabel Rochev]].
** [[spoiler:Nyssa threatens Sara's family to get her to return to the League, and to her]] halfway through the second season.

* FlashbackBPlot:
** Every episode divides its time between Oliver's activities in the present as the Hood and the events in his past (mostly on the island) that led up to him becoming a vigilante.

* {{Flashback}}:
** Every episode [[FlashbackBPlot divides its time between Oliver's activities in the present as the Hood and the events in his past (mostly on the island) that led up to him becoming a vigilante]].

** When Laurel takes up the mantle of BlackCanary, she routinely gets beat up by the bad guys she's pursuing and [[NaiveNewcomer has to be rescued]]. She accuses Oliver of treating her differently because she's a girl, but he reminds her that he fought as equals with the original Black Canary, Sarah, and he only babies Laurel because she literally has no fight training or the necessary skills to protect herself. [[TeachMeHowToFight Once she starts training with Ted Grant]], Oliver is more accepting of her in the field.
** The new recruits (Wild Dog, Black Canary- Dinah Drake, MisterTerrific, [[ComicBook/YoungJustice Artemis]], and Ragman) are brought on as replacement members of Team Arrow. Oliver and Diggle work to train them but they eventually complain of being babied. Oliver challenges them to a challenge to fight their way past him and ring a bell he put on a table. Five on one? Easy enough, right? He [[CurbStompBattle summarily puts everyone of them on their asses]] and isn't even breathing hard afterwards. Afterward, they decide maybe [[YouAreNotReady they're not actually ready to be in the field]].

** Every episode divides its time between Oliver's activities in the present as the Hood and the events in his past (mostly on the island) that led up to him becoming a vigilante.

*** In Deadshot's first appearance, plenty of shots showed [[HumanNotepad the tattoo's of every person he killed]]. One of them (in the line of names on the right side of his chest) is Andrew Diggle. In the same episode we learn Diggle's brother was killed and he's still in contact with [[ComfortingTheWidow Andrew's widow]]. It's only later that Diggle learns of the connection and forms a rivalry with Deadshot.

** The fighting members of Team Arrow: Oliver/Green Arrow (choleric), [[spoiler:Laurel]]/Black Canary (melancholic), [[spoiler:Sara Lance]]/White Canary (phlegmatic), [[spoiler:Ray Palmer]]/Captain Atom (sanguine), and [[both Roy Harper and Thea]] as Red Arrow (eclectic).

** When [[RedHoodArsenal Roy Harper]] is first introduced he wants to be a vigilante just like [[InTheHood The Hood]]. Despite [[{{Muggles}} not having superpowers]] or any [[ImprovisedTraining formal fight training]], he kept putting himself in dangerous situations in attempt to stop the bad guys. Eventually, Oliver has to actually [[PlayedForLaughs shoot him in the thigh with an arrow]] just to keep him from confronting the bad guys on his own. Eventually, once Oliver feels comfortable [[TheReveal revealing his alter ego]], he takes Roy under his wing and trains him as a sidekick.

** The new recruits (Wild Dog, Black Canary- Dinah Drake, MisterTerrific, [[YoungJustice Artemis]], and Ragman) are brought on as replacement members of Team Arrow. Oliver and Diggle work to train them but they eventually complain of being babied. Oliver challenges them to a challenge to fight their way past him and ring a bell he put on a table. Five on one? Easy enough, right? He [[CurbStompBattle summarily puts everyone of them on their asses]] and isn't even breathing hard afterwards. Afterward, they decide maybe [[YouAreNotReady they're not actually ready to be in the field]].

* GoodScarsEvilScars: 20% of Oliver's body is covered in scar tissue over the course of five years on the island. Only a few of the scars are explained. So far.

* EmbarassingNickname: Oliver is not a fan of people referring to his bases of operations as the "Arrowcave."